Been eagerly await this video to get released. Very pleased with the outcome of it. Joseph Kahn really nailed the direction of it and Taylor was super professional and really got into the filmmaking ideas we were going for. Mega talent there. I was impressed.

Lot of Ronin usage in this one. Shot in 2 days just outside of Manhattan in New Jersey. This is all OLPF2 (Skin-Tone/Highlight).

Enjoy peeps.

http://youtu.be/e-ORhEE9VVg;hd=1

Akin A

11-10-2014, 02:16 PM

Great work man!
Really liking those compositions.

What lenses and what frame rate was that in slowmo?

Robert Ruffo New

11-10-2014, 02:20 PM

Been eagerly await this video to get released. Very pleased with the outcome of it. Joseph Kahn really nailed the direction of it and Taylor was super professional and really got into the filmmaking ideas we were going for. Mega talent there. I was impressed.

Lot of Ronin usage in this one. Shot in 2 days just outside of Manhattan in New Jersey. This is all OLPF2 (Skin-Tone/Highlight).

Enjoy peeps.

http://youtu.be/e-ORhEE9VVg

Were you the DP on this? It's really very beautiful work on your part, and works perfectly with the song. Joseph really brought out some powerful acting from her. Poetic, pretty, awesome work all around.

Adrian Weinbrecht

11-10-2014, 02:32 PM

AMAZING WORK!

end of comment.

Phil Holland

11-10-2014, 02:33 PM

Just to say it again from the other thread.

I personally think it's some of Chris's best work. He's just killing it.

Brad Allen

11-10-2014, 02:35 PM

Great work as usual Chris, thanks for sharing. Would love to shadow you and watch you work someday!

Christopher Probst

11-10-2014, 02:37 PM

Ah Phil, didn't see your post in the other section. Thanks for posting it, but YouTube finally uploaded the vid and I can get it in Indonesia! I haven't tried looking into the Occulus Rift stuff at the end of the video. Not only did we have a majorly ambitious number of shots we wanted to get in 2 days, but we had to accommodate a 360-degree interactive product placement "experience" for Amex, who were funding a chuck of the budget. Some cool possibilities there for future content. The idea was that viewers could literally explore the room that the video was in, and then go off and "walk" around the rest of the mansion and then happen back upon the "video" in other parts of the house.

Christopher Probst

11-10-2014, 02:40 PM

Just to say it again from the other thread.

I personally think it's some of Chris's best work. He's just killing it.

Phil, just wait, we are sitting on a piece (in vfx/post madness) that is on a whole other level. I'm literally pulling my skin off waiting for it to drop. This Taylor vid was a fun little fashiony frolic, I'm about to kick you all in the cinematographic nuts with the next one.

Stay tuned to this channel.

Tom Chase

11-10-2014, 02:45 PM

@christopher Amazing! love the visuals man!

Christopher Probst

11-10-2014, 03:15 PM

It was a closed set and phones were forbidden, but fuck it, here's a few behind the scenes pics…

Exterior w/ car:

https://i.imgur.com/3s22ZTU.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/O8KbmE6.jpg

Foyer:

https://i.imgur.com/k7vKLje.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/bdis4qB.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/X9mdmEJ.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/q9pgfjb.jpg

Dining Room:

https://i.imgur.com/RMK0Yul.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/63sWEuM.jpg

Dance:

https://i.imgur.com/F6sJWe2.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/xkEeT3n.jpg

Grounds:

https://i.imgur.com/dtqt26h.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/7IEk8d7.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/MKdsaCp.jpg

Phil Holland

11-10-2014, 03:29 PM

Thanks for the BTS stills. Honestly, there should be a BTS dude or dudette on these.

What glass btw? Vantage Ones?

David Battistella

11-10-2014, 03:32 PM

Like seeing that shot at 250 ISO.

im starting to really see the how much the STH OLPF stands above the rest of the digital crowd. Such a nice cinema feel. When I saw this videos look, I just though that you should be shooting features.

Battistella

Christopher Probst

11-10-2014, 03:41 PM

Thanks for the BTS stills. Honestly, there should be a BTS dude or dudette on these.

What glass btw? Vantage Ones?

There was of course the typical making of crews there. The label just haven't released the making of vid yet…

As for the glass, I like seeing you squirming… ;-)

Christopher Probst

11-10-2014, 03:42 PM

Like seeing that shot at 250 ISO.

im starting to really see the how much the STH OLPF stands above the rest of the digital crowd. Such a nice cinema feel. When I saw this videos look, I just though that you should be shooting features.

Battistella

Funny you should mention that...

Hurcan Yilmazer

11-10-2014, 03:54 PM

Christopher do you mind telling which filters used?

Christopher Probst

11-10-2014, 03:57 PM

Sure, Hurcan, straight Tiffen NDs and a circular Pola. Various strengths, and not always on the camera. That's it.

https://i.imgur.com/mLOjqGW.jpg

Hurcan Yilmazer

11-10-2014, 03:58 PM

Only them! Thats great. Thanks for the info :)

Dominik Muench

11-10-2014, 04:00 PM

that looked amazing ! would have been a fun shoot I bet. Taylor is absolutely stunning and seems pretty fun.
That poor car though :/

David Battistella

11-10-2014, 04:20 PM

Funny you should mention that...

Good. I can't wait to see it! :)

i think the glass on the cu (just a wild guess) is some vintage contax converted to PL

battistella

Christopher Probst

11-10-2014, 04:32 PM

Cracked a million views in 6 hours… Internet, I will break you.

Zeb B

11-10-2014, 04:37 PM

Clean and yummy vibe

Brad Allen

11-10-2014, 05:01 PM

Hey Chris,

Just out of interest, do you know if this would have made it through post all the way @4k? (or higher?)

Thanks for the BTS stills!

Robert Ruffo New

11-10-2014, 05:09 PM

Sure, Hurcan, straight Tiffen NDs and a circular Pola. Various strengths, and not always on the camera. That's it.

I did the split staircase shot (@00:15). What did you have shooting through the window. The room looks great.

Jacobo Martinez

11-10-2014, 06:08 PM

Nice work! Did you black shade for diferent framerate/ shutter speed? Or you only blackshaded for only one?

Christopher Probst

11-11-2014, 07:38 AM

Hey Chris,

I did the split staircase shot (@00:15). What did you have shooting through the window. The room looks great.

We shot that scene at night, I had a diffused 12K HMI outside the left window.

Christopher Probst

11-11-2014, 07:39 AM

Nice work! Did you black shade for diferent framerate/ shutter speed? Or you only blackshaded for only one?

I did a few different black shades at the prep. We shot 24fps, 36fps sync and 200fps.

Gabriel Garcia Rosa

11-11-2014, 07:55 AM

Really awesome work.:thumbup1:

Alexander Manning

11-11-2014, 08:00 AM

Awesome work Christopher! Very nice.

Question (if you'd be kind enough to answer)! How did you achieve the look on Taylor around the 3:00 min mark? Very flat and flattering.

Björn Benckert

11-11-2014, 08:02 AM

Nice man!

Christopher Probst

11-11-2014, 08:03 AM

Looks like this video is tracking to log 10 million views in its first day! Not too shabby. ;-)

Awesome work Christopher! Very nice.

Question (if you'd be kind enough to answer)! How did you achieve the look on Taylor around the 3:00 min mark? Very flat and flattering.

I had a big bead-board bounce directly over camera for that.

Randall Weatherington

11-11-2014, 11:00 AM

I hope that was a replica Cobra or at least one that was already damaged, and not a real cherry classic.

James Sielaff

11-11-2014, 11:05 AM

Looks like this video is tracking to log 10 million views in its first day! Not too shabby. ;-)

I had a big bead-board bounce directly over camera for that.
A few people not in media on my FB are mentioning it. Statistically that is way more popular than anything else that I have ever seen on my or anyone else's FB feed.

real world anecdotal evidence. ;)

MichaelJQuill

11-11-2014, 04:51 PM

Great work! Which lenses did you use?

Thanks,
Mike

Timur Civan

11-11-2014, 10:20 PM

Looking good sir.

Like the light on the up close performance stuff,

Eric De Fino

11-11-2014, 10:44 PM

Great work, Chris. The video is beautiful.
And thanks for sharing the photos too.

Cheers,

KETCH ROSSi

11-12-2014, 12:55 AM

GREAT STUFF!!

Christopher-lee dos Santo

11-13-2014, 07:45 AM

Jeeez. Absolutely Blown AWAY...

I'm going to kidnap you and make you Shoot all my features from now on.

Great work.

francisco santos

11-13-2014, 07:56 AM

Been eagerly await this video to get released. Very pleased with the outcome of it. Joseph Kahn really nailed the direction of it and Taylor was super professional and really got into the filmmaking ideas we were going for. Mega talent there. I was impressed.

Lot of Ronin usage in this one. Shot in 2 days just outside of Manhattan in New Jersey. This is all OLPF2 (Skin-Tone/Highlight).

Enjoy peeps.

http://youtu.be/e-ORhEE9VVg

top notch post who ever graded it nailed it! awesome job!

Jason Diamond

11-13-2014, 08:54 AM

Beautiful work as always, You and Kahn are a good team. Song was actually decent too!

congrats!

Timothy Jones

11-13-2014, 09:07 AM

Bella ! I love the look of the Dragon.

David Mullen ASC

11-13-2014, 09:10 AM

The video looks great, Chris! But why the ND9 + Pola for that last bedroom?

Louis Maddalena

11-13-2014, 10:00 AM

Really great work, and great colors.

I just curious where in Jersey this was shot?

Christopher Probst

11-13-2014, 10:33 PM

Consistently cracking 10-million views a day… up to 30-million views in 3-days. I'd say it's a hit. Glad to showcase Dragon in all of its glory. OLPF2 in all its glory.

Christopher Probst

11-13-2014, 10:34 PM

Really great work, and great colors.

I just curious where in Jersey this was shot?

Sorry, it was not Jersey...

It was Long Island at Oheka Castle and an old Woolworth's mention.

Christopher Probst

11-13-2014, 10:36 PM

The video looks great, Chris! But why the ND9 + Pola for that last bedroom?

David, I just like shooting shallow depth of field, the windows were back-lit by the sun (though not when we finally rolled camera) so everything was balanced to that.

Christopher Probst

11-13-2014, 10:39 PM

top notch post who ever graded it nailed it! awesome job!

The amazing Dave Hussey at Company 3 colored it. One of the best in the business.

Martin Ubilluz

11-14-2014, 01:22 AM

yes please what lenses ! ;)

Antony Newman

11-14-2014, 01:38 AM

Amazing team. Fabulous narrative match of the visuals.

Inspiring that everything was captured in 2 days - you must be some sort of human tornado!

AJ

Shawn Nelson

11-14-2014, 10:09 PM

Wow! Incredible work, bravo!!
I'm also curious about the lenses and what stop(s) you were at, since you mention being shallow. Also did you haze the interiors?

Rome Will

11-14-2014, 11:26 PM

Great job sir!

Will Keir

11-14-2014, 11:33 PM

Christopher, I thought you did great work on this one, well done.

Rome Will

11-14-2014, 11:33 PM

Chris,

I saw some of the BTS pics you posted...do you have any with the rigged up Epic and Ronin?...How did the Ronin perform? If no pics, which I understand given cell phones were off limit =) could you tell me if you had the MB on the Ronin? Thx!...having a tough time balancing my Ronin with MB, and often find it much easier (and quicker) to go without...but then I'm without filters unless I find a way to "tape" them onto the lens...and that's not safe at all.

Again, great job! Hope you get to +50 mill views sir!

Brian Anderson

11-15-2014, 12:18 AM

I'm about to kick you all in the cinematographic nuts with the next one.

Stay tuned to this channel.

Awaiting the kick to the groin.. better be worth the pain ;)

Sanjin Jukic

11-15-2014, 01:22 AM

Wonderful work!!!!

Christopher Probst

11-15-2014, 02:24 AM

Chris,

I saw some of the BTS pics you posted...do you have any with the rigged up Epic and Ronin?...How did the Ronin perform? If no pics, which I understand given cell phones were off limit =) could you tell me if you had the MB on the Ronin? Thx!...having a tough time balancing my Ronin with MB, and often find it much easier (and quicker) to go without...but then I'm without filters unless I find a way to "tape" them onto the lens...and that's not safe at all.

Again, great job! Hope you get to +50 mill views sir!

I'm hoping the bts video is posted soon, but to answer your question, I've had no trouble at all with my Ronin and balancing with a full setup of wireless video, remote focus and a proper mattebox with filters. Here's a pic of us using my rig on the shoot...

https://i.imgur.com/kVyt4FJ.jpg

Michel Hafner

11-15-2014, 02:50 AM

Youtube is useless...

Elias Tejeda

11-15-2014, 05:31 AM

Beautiful work

Rome Will

11-16-2014, 08:30 AM

I'm hoping the bts video is posted soon, but to answer your question, I've had no trouble at all with my Ronin and balancing with a full setup of wireless video, remote focus and a proper mattebox with filters. Here's my rig from a different job.

Chris,

Awesome news! Looks like it's kitted all the way out...MB and everything. Your shot's look great so I know it worked. Again, thx for posting!

Side note question, but where are the handles?

Jordan Buck

11-16-2014, 12:04 PM

Really nice work - great to see the lower price gimbal holding its own.

Yep, thanks for posting Jordan. I saw the part with the Ronin and Epic...wow, no help holding...like a EZ-rig or Flowcine arm to help...somebody's been eating their Wheaties! lol!

Akin A

11-16-2014, 03:33 PM

I thought lighting and VFX would be more of a secret sauce than lens choice.

Christopher Probst

11-16-2014, 06:23 PM

Chris,

Awesome news! Looks like it's kitted all the way out...MB and everything. Your shot's look great so I know it worked. Again, thx for posting!

Side note question, but where are the handles?

In this particular photo, I was using the Ronin as a remote head with multi cameras. The handle was in another camera's shot...

Christopher Probst

11-16-2014, 06:28 PM

Yep, thanks for posting Jordan. I saw the part with the Ronin and Epic...wow, no help holding...like a EZ-rig or Flowcine arm to help...somebody's been eating their Wheaties! lol!

Joseph and I freely switch off operating sometimes seemingly for no rime or reason, sometimes I'm more concerned with nailing the placement of a handheld light or bounce, and knowing his operating style, it's not a problem for me. Other times Joseph insists on pushing dolly so I'll hop on and operate. It really depends on the job and individual shot.

We we did some very long lens running and circle-track type shots, all on the Ronin. I'm talking 135mm...

There are only like 4 standard dolly shots in the vid, and they all appear in the BTS, ironically.

Chris, in hindsight do you think the Ronin is too heavy for anything more than a one or two day shoot, or did having Joe to swap out with make it negligible?

That is crazy; 54million views! Nice! (Personally, I still like the Eminem SOTLs intro vid more though.)

David Kuhn

11-19-2014, 02:42 PM

Not a Swift fan but that video looked fantastic. (I second the Eminem short vote)

Shawn Nelson

11-24-2014, 05:54 PM

So are the lenses used on this some top secret thing, or is there a political reason for being unable to disclose?

Frank Hague

11-24-2014, 11:40 PM

Wow, what a treat. Fantastic all the way around, creative directing and writing (hell of an ending and payoff), just gorgeous cinematography, and Taylor is an awesome actress. Bravo, Chris!

Few questions if you don't mind? How many days of production did you guys have, and how big was the crew? Also, I've been using my Dragon and Ronin combo a lot recently and loving it; what did you use for your power supply (I made an AB battery belt with a long lemo cable that i just tap into and fly with, I haven't noticed any stabilizing or motor problems from it. I just got sick of using Redvolts due to their short supply and, to a lesser extent, their weight), and what lenses were you flying on there? I've been digging the Ultra Primes on it with a Preston, but weighing it (along with the Lightbridge) dfinitely takes some prep work ahead of time to balance correctly.

This is my favorite video of the year. Great work, thanks so much for sharing :)

Mathias Erichsen

11-25-2014, 12:37 AM

Wow! Great stuff!
Did you shoot this on Re-housed Canon FD's?

Christopher Probst

11-26-2014, 08:55 PM

Well the Taylor video has been out a little more than 2 weeks and we just blew past 100 million views! Maybe 50 of those were from me, but i'm not ashamed. ;-)

Wow, what a treat. Fantastic all the way around, creative directing and writing (hell of an ending and payoff), just gorgeous cinematography, and Taylor is an awesome actress. Bravo, Chris!

Few questions if you don't mind? How many days of production did you guys have, and how big was the crew? Also, I've been using my Dragon and Ronin combo a lot recently and loving it; what did you use for your power supply (I made an AB battery belt with a long lemo cable that i just tap into and fly with, I haven't noticed any stabilizing or motor problems from it. I just got sick of using Redvolts due to their short supply and, to a lesser extent, their weight), and what lenses were you flying on there? I've been digging the Ultra Primes on it with a Preston, but weighing it (along with the Lightbridge) dfinitely takes some prep work ahead of time to balance correctly.

This is my favorite video of the year. Great work, thanks so much for sharing :)

I use a Gold-Mount on the side of the camera with a janky aluminum mounting plate I fabricated from some scrap over to an obsolete electrical device… That allows a Gold-Mount plate to be mounted to the side of the camera and I can still handle the weight mostly. Unless the majority of the shots need to be at eye-level, which gets tiring very quickly. Operating inverted can help, but it's a little goofier to operate that way. The end result is that I'm on the group buy for the L'Aigle Exoskeleton as I despise Easy Rigs.

Wow! Great stuff!
Did you shoot this on Re-housed Canon FD's?

That photo I posted of my Ronin setup was from a different job, btw… And yea, that was a rehoused FD done by Artur in Poland. I have a full set of those as well for my Ronin setup as they are very light weight.

Frank Hague

11-28-2014, 01:24 AM

I use a Gold-Mount on the side of the camera with a janky aluminum mounting plate I fabricated from some scrap over to an obsolete electrical device… That allows a Gold-Mount plate to be mounted to the side of the camera and I can still handle the weight mostly. Unless the majority of the shots need to be at eye-level, which gets tiring very quickly. Operating inverted can help, but it's a little goofier to operate that way. The end result is that I'm on the group buy for the L'Aigle Exoskeleton as I despise Easy Rigs.

Yeah, I'm not a fan of the EasyRig - Ronin combo either. I rented one for a five day commercial shoot I directed and ditched it half way into the first day when I saw how much shakier it was making our operator's footage.

As for the side mount battery, have you tried Cinemilled's new extended arms so you can use the QuickBack Gold mount? I'm excited to try it out: https://vimeo.com/111154673

Mathias Erichsen

12-01-2014, 10:10 AM

That photo I posted of my Ronin setup was from a different job, btw… And yea, that was a rehoused FD done by Artur in Poland. I have a full set of those as well for my Ronin setup as they are very light weight.

Ahh! I see :) What do you think about the rehouse by Artur? Thinking about getting a set myself..

Christopher Probst

12-01-2014, 10:54 PM

I think for what they are, basically a resleeve of FD optics, they are great. I frequently use his 100mm and 135mm to extend out traditional K35s when I'm shooting with Camtec's K35 set (which are among the nicest set I've seen). I haven't seen the new generation of rehouses Artur is working on, which are a much more involved mechanical rebuild inside with increased focus rotation. I'd like to see those though.

+ I think think there maybe a market for an 'Active Piston on an Active Universal joint' designed to stabilise the item ontop in XYZ space with a residual load weight of 250g.
+ Anchor point on From of Vest. Power on Back of vest (going a small way to reign in centre of gravity)

+ Second Exoskelton part would be the transfer of weight down to your left and right feet. Actively transferring a proportion of the weight under/to you left and/or right shoe. Active Front of vest.

+ Active could incorporate active lockout of a pneumatic / tension system. Second Exoskelton would needs a low power cpu to coordinate.

Now I am thinking

Use a passive Exoskelton for the top - switching to as light materials as possible. What about a CF mesh around Boron tube?
And use a passive Exoskelton to transfer weight to your shoes....

... is it time to wake up yet?

AJ

Dan Rizzuto

12-02-2014, 10:11 PM

grading was fantastic in this video!

Artur Kowalewski

12-04-2014, 03:44 AM

Fantastic work, Chris ! I'm not really big fan of Her music too, but we are talking about Your job here and it is truly amazing !

paulherrin

12-04-2014, 04:39 AM

super cray cray chris.

great work (:

Christopher Probst

12-10-2014, 03:55 AM

170 million views in 4 weeks. Still has a way to go to take down Love the Way you lie at 780 million views on Eminem's official Vevo posting on YouTube… None of these account for others who upload their own copies of the work and people view that instead. ;-)

Reid Petro

12-11-2014, 07:43 AM

Fantastic Work Chris! Looks amazing!

Mark Kern

12-11-2014, 10:42 AM

BTW, was that Oheka Castle? I forget the spelling. Somewhere in NY. Went to a wedding there and it was amazing.

Alex Vo

12-11-2014, 11:56 AM

Incredible work Christopher! I'm a huge fan of your work.

Marc Dunham

12-11-2014, 02:49 PM

Beautiful like everyone else has said. Ashamed to say my first thought was "Hey thats Boris' castle from Royal Pains!" O_O

Lakis Amarantithis

12-13-2014, 02:38 AM

Would have been nicer to be shot in 3D since you use it with the Oculus. Then have both Taylor and the dude 3d scanned and 3D mixed in the Oculus perhaps jumping out of a 3d flat screen into the Oculus 3D environment.

Flawless otherwise.

Wayne Beck

12-13-2014, 03:23 PM

Mr Probst,
Very Nice work. You made everyone look good.
Thanks for sharing.

Björn Benckert

12-13-2014, 05:25 PM

It looks really nice. And maybe I imagine things but it got some Canon character to it. So my guess for lenses (as you also mentioned above would be K35's or FD's) especially when you say you shot some of it on a long 135mm lens... as the FD 135mm f2 is a true gem. But normally on productions of this caliber, people tend to go for far more expansive and modern glas even.

Just cracked YouTube's All-Time most viewed Top 100 videos… AND 300 million views in less than 1 months. Pretty sweet. Now if we can crack into the Top 10 that'd give me 3 there!

Christopher Probst

01-05-2015, 11:08 PM

It looks really nice. And maybe I imagine things but it got some Canon character to it. So my guess for lenses (as you also mentioned above would be K35's or FD's) especially when you say you shot some of it on a long 135mm lens... as the FD 135mm f2 is a true gem. But normally on productions of this caliber, people tend to go for far more expansive and modern glas even.

So atleast let me know if I'm wrong :)

You are not wrong.

Bob Gundu

01-05-2015, 11:36 PM

Just cracked YouTube's All-Time most viewed Top 100 videos… AND 300 million views in less than 1 months. Pretty sweet. Now if we can crack into the Top 10 that'd give me 3 there!

My daughter has added 500,000 to that count.

BRANDON JAMESON

01-05-2015, 11:37 PM

Chris, isnt this Oheka Castle in Long Island?

I've directed a few tuxedo spots there and it sure looks like it!!!!

Great visuals, Sir!!!

Christopher Probst

01-06-2015, 12:00 AM

My daughter has added 500,000 to that count.

And be sure to thank her for me Bob!

Brandon, yes it is!

Phil Holland

01-06-2015, 12:09 AM

Above all I'm actually happy to see a good music video. This sucker is shot well and fits the song rather perfectly.

Christopher Probst

02-13-2015, 12:12 AM

Today the video just passed 500 million views on its main YouTube link AND broke the previous 97-day record in doing so held by Gangnam Style... Not that I expect to take down Psy's impossible 2 BILLION view dominance, but it's cool nonetheless!

Nick Morrison

02-13-2015, 12:59 AM

Today the video just passed 500 million views on its main YouTube link AND broke the previous 97-day record in doing so held by Gangnam Style... Not that I expect to take down Psy's impossible 2 BILLION view dominance, but it's cool nonetheless!

Congrats!!!

Patrick Kendall

02-16-2015, 10:01 PM

Just cracked YouTube's All-Time most viewed Top 100 videos… AND 300 million views in less than 1 months. Pretty sweet. Now if we can crack into the Top 10 that'd give me 3 there!

That's almost a million bucks in youtube ad revenue.

Bill Ku

02-26-2015, 02:09 PM

does anyone know if the VFX reel for this video is still online anymore? it used to be on Vimeo but has since been taken down : (

Christopher Probst

06-30-2015, 01:04 AM

A little update on the little video that could...

Yesterday Blank Space rose to the #4 position on YouTube's All-Time most viewed Top 100 videos... As of this writing it's at 980 million views and is on paced to be the 4th online video ever to crack the 1 billion view threshold by this weekend. Pretty crazy, especially in the time frame it has achieved this in.

Craig Lees

06-30-2015, 03:45 AM

Christopher, I really love your work on these recent Taylor Swift videos.

What shooting mode are you using on Epic Dragon - 6KANA 6:5 to get the full sensor height?

Just received my ana lenses and trying to get my head around all the crazy aspect ratios. Any snippets of wisdom would be massively appreciated!

No.4 on YT's most viewed videos is quite a feat, congrats!

Cheers!

Craig Lees
ED UK
www.3dstories.co.uk

Etienne Perrin

06-30-2015, 09:07 AM

Congrats Chris, this is so cool :)

Nick Morrison

06-30-2015, 10:56 AM

Congrats Chris!

Akin A

06-30-2015, 02:19 PM

Congrats! I still think this is her best looking video.

Christopher Probst

07-08-2015, 01:30 AM

1 Billion views...

Nick Morrison

07-08-2015, 01:33 AM

1 Billion views...

WOW - awesome!

Phil Holland

07-08-2015, 01:34 AM

1 Billion views...

Well, 1 Billion + 504,000 at the moment, but who's counting!?

Congratulations man. It's insane how fast this has climbed. Everything really came together for this video.

Christopher Probst

07-08-2015, 01:57 AM

Thanks Phil, yea it's a perfect storm of ingredients!

Oddly enough, if you source the video directly through Vevo, they have it tallied up to 1 billion, 12 million and change... Not sure why the YouTube count is always less, but I go off that count just to be pragmatic.

Christopher Probst

08-31-2015, 12:59 PM

For those of you that might not have caught this.MTV doesn't include in the ceremony or televise any technical awared winners, even the directors of the "videos" they are celebrating at the Video Music Awards show... But Taylor is a total class act and brought Joseph Kahn on stage with her for one of the 2 wins Blank Space recevied last night.

For those of you that might not have caught this.MTV doesn't include in the ceremony or televise any technical awared winners, even the directors of the "videos" they are celebrating at the Video Music Awards show... But Taylor is a total class act and brought Joseph Kahn on stage with her for one of the 2 wins Blank Space recevied last night.

Congrats Christopher,
So Damn cool. And when do we get to see the BTS on "Wildest Dreams"?

Patrick Kendall

08-31-2015, 06:50 PM

1 Billion views...
What does 1billion views translate to in youtube revenue? I know it's fuzzy math, but 1 to 3 million bucks? It's good to see that music videos can make the labels/artist some money back.. That can only mean good things for us that crew on music videos.

Nick Morrison

08-31-2015, 07:17 PM

What does 1billion views translate to in youtube revenue? I know it's fuzzy math, but 1 to 3 million bucks? It's good to see that music videos can make the labels/artist some money back.. That can only mean good things for us that crew on music videos.

Totally agree. I have to imagine Youtube revenue is encouraging at least some additional investment in music videos by artists of all shapes and sizes. Just knowing you may be able to recoup some of your costs is a new, and welcome development.

Well Blank Space just crossed into the #2 position of all time views on YouTube (1.23 billion views and counting)... It also ranks as the #1 video of all time on Vevo. Not too shabby! Now just another 1.2 billion views to take down Gangnam Style.... Come on swifties (and a few Redusers), you can do it!

Nick Morrison

10-24-2015, 04:57 PM

Congrats!!

PatrickFaith

10-24-2015, 05:24 PM

Thats insanely cool, I'll be watching it a couple more times just to learn :)

Wow, congrats!
Yes, this being a RED forum we're all focused on the hardware and technique. But I'm mostly jealous you get to hang with T-Swift (and frequently judging by the other videos!).

Thomas Koch

03-28-2017, 01:35 PM

I do have to say, Kahn, Probst, and Swift is a pretty awesome team.

Keith B Plummer

03-28-2017, 06:40 PM

Great work as always and what a ridiculously wonderful number. Congrats!

Elias Tejeda

11-18-2017, 07:26 AM

Theses posts were awesome

Christopher Probst

11-19-2017, 03:26 PM

Theses posts were awesome

Thank Elias... and no thanks to photobucket for deleting all my pics... I'm in the process of migrating all of my images from my posts to a new host. Fuck those guys! Anyway, the pics are restored and a few added for good measure!

Enjoy!

Rikki Rockett

11-19-2017, 07:19 PM

Really fantastic! Now Poison can't afford you!!!

Rikki Rockett

11-19-2017, 07:22 PM

$250k Budget! Wow!

Above all I'm actually happy to see a good music video. This sucker is shot well and fits the song rather perfectly.

Scot Yount

11-19-2017, 08:20 PM

Thank Elias... and no thanks to photobucket for deleting all my pics... I'm in the process of migrating all of my images from my posts to a new host. Fuck those guys! Anyway, the pics are restored and a few added for good measure!

Enjoy! Chris, these posts are such great masterclasses. Got any stuff to tell us about any of the newer videos? Look What You Made Me Do is fantastic....they all are damn it....